Best 23 quotes of Becky Chambers on MyQuotes

All the things I’ve done to my body, I’ve done out of love. Seriously. I’ve gotten ink to remind me of all sorts of places and memories, but at the core, everything I’ve had done has been my way of saying that this is my body. That I don’t want the body everybody else told me I should have.

A rack of mugs rested alongside. There were two hand-drawn labels affixed to the decanters. “Happy Tea!” read one, above a drawing of a wide-eyed, grinning Human with frizzy hair standing on end. “Boring Tea,” read the other. The Human drawn there looked content, but indifferent.

Because people are assholes," said Bear, dutifully keeping his head down. "Ninety percent of all problems are caused by people being assholes.

Building takes many, many mistakes.

Feelings are relative. And at the root, they're all the same, even if they grow from different experiences and exist on different scales.

He no longer felt helplessness. He felt powerful. And that was what scared him.

He was not a prisoner of those memories. He was their warden.

I am seventy-nine years old. If I want dessert twice ... I get dessert twice.

I'll never understand how the rest of you expect brand-new adults to be able to teach kids how to be people.

I love learning. I love history. But there's history in everything. Every building, everybody you talk to. It's not limited to libraries and museums. I think people who spend their lives in school forget that sometimes. -Tak

Imagining life in space isn’t hard. You’ve just got to cover your creature comforts first.

Most sapients confuse working hard with being miserable.

Ninety percent of all problems are caused by people being assholes.” “What causes the other ten percent?” asked Kizzy. “Natural disasters,” said Nib.

No sapient could sustain happiness all of the time, just as no one could live permanently within anger, or boredom, or grief.

Ohan, as your doctor, I have to remind you that your body has only had to digest nutrient paste for some time, adopting other foods will take some adjustment.' His cheeks puffed wide. 'But as your - as your friend, there is no way I'd rather spend my afternoon than cooking a meal for you. With you, even, if you'd like.

Perhaps stars were supposed to be viewed from the ground.

Perhaps the ache of homesickness was a fair price to pay for having so many good people in her life.

She would never, ever understand the idea that a child, especially an infant, was of more value than an adult who had already gained all the skills needed to benefit the community. The death of potential was somehow worse than a loss of achievement and knowledge was something she had never been able to wrap her brain around.

The planet was beautiful. The planet was horrible. The planet was full of people, and they were beautiful and horrible, too.

The very fact we use the term "cold-blooded" as a synonym for "heartless" should tell you something about the innate bias we primates hold against reptiles. Do not judge other species by your own social norms.

We hail from systems that remained self-contained for billions of years, with evolutionary clocks that all began at different times. How is it possible that when meeting our galactic neighbours for the first time, we are all instantly reminded of creatures back home - or in some cases, of ourselves?

We're our own warning.

You could live your whole life in one of those cities and never know how ugly it was somewhere else.